Bere Alston
Built-up area in West Devon, Devon, England
| Coordinates: | 50.48, -4.188 |
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| OS grid ref: | SX 44 66 |
| Population: | 2,164 |
| Dialling code: | 01822 (Tavistock) |
Bere Alston is a compact village in West Devon, Devon, set in the wooded lower slopes of the Tamar and Tavy valleys between Tavistock and Plymouth. It sits on the edge of the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with easy access to riverside walks and country lanes, and is served by Bere Alston station on the Tamar Valley Line, which provides a handy rail link into Plymouth and up the valley to Gunnislake.
The village grew significantly in the 19th century with the arrival of the railway and local quarrying and mining activity, and traces of that industrial past are still visible in the stone buildings and railway architecture. Today Bere Alston has a strong local community with pubs, clubs and a school, and many residents commute to nearby towns while walkers, cyclists and kayakers enjoy the scenic Tamar–Tavy landscape and the neighbouring parish of Bere Ferrers.
Postcode districts covering Bere Alston
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 7 miles11.3 km
- Saltash 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Bodmin 23.6 miles38 km
- Tavistock 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Ivybridge 13.2 miles21.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Bere Ferrers Parish 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Calstock Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Buckland Monachorum Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Cargreen Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Clampits Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- St. Dominick Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Landulph Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Gulworthy Parish 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Gunnislake and St. Ann's Chapel Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Crapstone Built-up area 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Harrowbarrow Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Chilsworthy Built-up area 3.9 miles6.3 km
Example postcodes in Bere Alston
PL20 7BD, PL20 7DL, PL20 7EE, PL20 7AP, PL20 7DX, PL20 7EN, PL20 7AQ, PL20 7DA, PL20 7DJ … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 35.6 miles57.3 km
- Exeter International Airport 38.2 miles61.5 km
- Bere Alston Railway Station 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Calstock Railway Station 1.6 miles2.5 km
Local points of interest
- Hingston Down Hill 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Home Park Stadium 6.6 miles10.5 km
- Antony Estate Estate 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Cattewater Estate 8.4 miles13.6 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 9 miles14.5 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 12.3 miles19.9 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Polperro Harbor Harbour 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Polperro Harbour Heritage Museum Museum 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 18.1 miles29.2 km